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diff --git a/time/europe b/time/europe index 6eb92b769d..78ad05d7f5 100644 --- a/time/europe +++ b/time/europe @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)europe 7.41 +# @(#)europe 7.42 # This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better, # go ahead and edit the file (and please send any changes to @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ # of the text said: # # `An old stone obelisk marking a forgotten terrestrial meridian stands -# beside the river at Kew. In the 18th century, before time and longditude +# beside the river at Kew. In the 18th century, before time and longitude # was standardised by the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, scholars observed # this stone and the movement of stars from Kew Observatory nearby. They # made their calculations and set the time for the Horse Guards and Parliament, @@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ # along the towpath within a few yards of it.' # # I have a one inch to one mile map of London and my estimate of the stone's -# position is 51 deg. 28' 30" N, 0 deg. 18' 45" W. The longditude should +# position is 51 deg. 28' 30" N, 0 deg. 18' 45" W. The longitude should # be within about +-2". The Ordnance Survey grid reference is TQ172761. # # [This yields GMTOFF = -0:01:15 for London LMT in the 18th century.] @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ # It ends at 02:00 GMT on the morning of the day after the fourth Saturday # in October. (All the redundant `morning of the day ...' is in the Act.) # This is only of passing interest now as it will always be overridden by -# an Order in Council (a Statutary Instrument, the SI thing mentioned above) +# an Order in Council (a Statutory Instrument, the SI thing mentioned above) # to specify the EC specified dates. # From Peter Ilieve <peter@memex.co.uk> (1993-10-18): @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ # so that part of the 1922 Act will still apply. # # - The Defence (Summer Time) Regulations, 1939, SR&O 1939 No. 1379 -# [SR&O == Statutary Regulation and Order] +# [SR&O == Statutory Regulation and Order] # # These were made under the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939. # It changes the end date to be the day after the third Saturday in November. @@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ # harmonise with the EC since 1981. The major change is that the time changes # to 01:00 GMT.) # -# - The Summer Time Order, 1992, SI 1992/1729 [SI == Statutary Instrument] +# - The Summer Time Order, 1992, SI 1992/1729 [SI == Statutory Instrument] # # This specifies dates of: # Start End @@ -1298,7 +1298,7 @@ Zone Europe/Athens 1:34:52 - LMT 1895 Sep 14 1:00 Greece CE%sT 1944 Apr 4 2:00 Greece EE%sT 1981 # Shanks says they switched to C-Eur in 1981; - # go with EU intead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1. + # go with EU instead, since Greece joined it on Jan 1. 2:00 EU EE%sT # Hungary @@ -1819,9 +1819,15 @@ Zone Europe/Bucharest 1:44:24 - LMT 1891 Oct 2:00 E-Eur EE%sT # Russia -# From Shanks (1991): -# In 1929 the Soviet Union instituted a 5 day week; in 1932 it instituted -# a 6 day week; on 1940-06-27 it returned to the Gregorian week. + +# From Chris Carrier <72157.3334@CompuServe.COM> (1996-12-02): +# On 1929-10-01 the Soviet Union instituted an ``Eternal Calendar'' +# with 30-day months plus 5 holidays, with a 5-day week. +# On 1931-12-01 it changed to a 6-day week; in 1934 it reverted to the +# Gregorian calendar while retaining the 6-day week; on 1940-06-27 it +# reverted to the 7-day week. With the 6-day week the usual days +# off were the 6th, 12th, 18th, 24th and 30th of the month. +# (Source: Evitiar Zerubavel, _The Seven Day Circle_) # # From Paul Eggert <eggert@twinsun.com> (1996-11-22): # Except for Moscow after 1919-07-01, I invented the time zone abbreviations, @@ -1882,7 +1888,7 @@ Zone Asia/Omsk 4:53:36 - LMT 1924 May 2 # as far as I remember it was done exactly during winter->summer switching # so we (Novosibirsk) simply did not switch. Zone Asia/Novosibirsk 5:31:40 - LMT 1924 May 2 - 6:00 - NOVT 1957 Mar # Novosibirsk TIme + 6:00 - NOVT 1957 Mar # Novosibirsk Time 7:00 Russia NOV%sT 1991 Mar 31 2:00s 6:00 1:00 NOVST 1991 Sep 29 2:00s 6:00 - NOVT 1992 Jan 19 2:00s @@ -2134,7 +2140,7 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents. # Ukraine # Rule NAME FROM TO TYPE IN ON AT SAVE LETTER/S Rule Ukraine 1917 only - Jul 1 23:00 1:00 UST # Ukrainian Summer Time -Rule Ukraine 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 KMT # Kiev Mean TIme +Rule Ukraine 1917 only - Dec 28 0:00 0 KMT # Kiev Mean Time Rule Ukraine 1918 only - May 31 22:00 2:00 UDST # Ukrainian Double Summer Time Rule Ukraine 1918 only - Sep 17 0:00 1:00 UST Rule Ukraine 1919 only - May 31 23:00 2:00 UDST |